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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1948
Page
4
The notice lists home delivery at 25 cents weekly with prepaid options for one year 18.20 26 weeks 9.10 13 weeks 4.55 etc. Mail rates vary by location including Ohio West Virginia and outside states. Foreign rates available on request. Intered at Athens Postoffice as Second Class Matter.
Columnist Jay Franklin analyzes Oregon Republican voters backing Dewey over Stassen. He argues Stassen’s rightward shift and big money hurt his appeal, while voters favor liberalism and integrity, suggesting GOP may move toward progressivism and away from reactionary stances. Taft and Dewey loom over nomination chances.
The Athens area church outlines Sunday events with Sunday school at 9 15 a m and 10 30 a m morning service led by Rev Charles F Cooley on Love Is Its Own Passport. Children s Choir directed by Mrs Carl Roberts performs with soloists. Evening activities include WFF supper and Senior Communion.
Jessica dances with a stranger from the airport named David Gregory. She feels attraction and guilt yet resists, while he calls and pursues. Jessica frets over her restless life in Akron and the pull of Lucy and Betsy as she contemplates selling her mother’s ring to fund a possible separation from Hugh Linton.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture survey shows 75 percent of flood damage occurs in headwater valleys from erosion and small floods. Big dams help little there. solution lies in soil conservation and contour farming on individual farms and controlling small streams to prevent floods rather than merely building large structures.
The National Coal Association cites soft coal gains and rising costs as the industry spends over half a billion dollars on operating supplies and equipment. Labor costs exceed 60 percent of production expenses, with miners earning the highest wages in history, yet profits remain lean. Efficiency and full daily output are urged to sustain competitiveness and futures.
The president’s social security plan is praised but the core proposal calls for funding from general taxation rather than a large reserve. Proponents argue beneficiaries should receive higher monthly payments and be able to earn more, while critics warn larger funds tempt political manipulation and note a ten billion dollar balance due to contributors.
Cordell Hull offers a blunt, largely factual portrait of Franklin D Roosevelt in his forthcoming 1 724 page Memoirs coauthored with Andy Berding. Hull notes Roosevelt's haste, delib eration, and shifting foreign and domestic policies, including his caution on a third term and cabinet tensions.
The writer argues the government should honor pension obligations and raise funds as it does for armed forces and boondoggles. Benefits should reflect current dollar value so a dollar today buys what ten cents did previously. Social security has fallen in value, leaving beneficiaries with less than security.
The article explains why urine examination is essential in medical study. It notes that blood and albumin in urine signal nephritis, while sugar in urine can indicate diabetes. urine findings guide diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract conditions and related diseases.
Scientists warn the Hawaiian Islands are rapidly uplifting from the sea and could become a landmass roughly the size of Japan within a generation, reshaping regional geography.
Mrs Lenore Hobart Kent a student at Ohio University receives a home economics fellowship. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Krenth of Shade spend a week with friends in Ashland Kentucky. Aelred Healey Jr son of Mr and Mrs Aelred Healey of Gloucester leaves for the Panama Canal Zone to join the U S Army engineering corps
Athens guests attended a Hotel Lafayette banquet in Gallipolis honoring the 113th anniversary of Lafayette's visit. Attendees included President and Mrs. Herman G. James, Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Biddle, Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Beasley, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beasley, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon K. Bush, and Prof. and Mrs. C. C. Bird.
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Butt hosted a dinner for Nelsonville doctors at their residence. Attendees included Doctors Pritchard Hill Howe Welch Rhodes Dew and S. E. Butt and Mr. L. J. Eberle.
Frank Crumit spent several days in Athens visiting college friends and fraternity brothers of Phi Delta Theta.
Jeff Davis known as king of the hoboes was in Athens for a day following a visit to Jim Miller in Pomeroy. Mr and Mrs Donald Clutter Chauncey spent the weekend in New Marshfield with relatives and attended the high school alumni banquet.
The church holds services at 9 30 a m sunday school followed by worship at 10 30 a m with a sermon by Rev Arthur Maxwell no evening service. A prayer service is planned for Wednesday at 8 p m and Thursday features a choir rehearsal at 6 30 p m.
Sunday school at 9 30 a m junior church at 10 30 worship and Memorial Day message at 10 30 NYPS at 6 45 p m election of officers Evangelistic service at 7 30 p m Russia and Religion Tuesday annual church elections 730 p m Wednesday NYPS zone rally at Hamden with the Olivet College Quartet
The notice lists services at 9 30 am Sunday worship 10 30 am evangelistic service at 7 30 pm with Rev O M Awe as pastor. Wednesday 7 30 pm service features guest speaker Rev Russell Enlow.
Bible study at 9 45 a m and worship at 10 30 a m under minister Edward White with evening service at 7 30 p m titled Becoming as Little Children The New Testament Church mid week Bible study Wednesday at 7 30 p m
Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship at 7 30 a m evangelistic service led by Rev E C Kenney at 7 30 p m Thursday prayer meeting at 7 p m
Sunday school at 9 30 a m with prayer and praise at 10 30 a m WYPS at 7 p m preaching service at 7 30 p m led by Rev Roy Deeter Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m
Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m with children service at 10 30 a m. Youth service at 6 45 p m followed by preaching at 7 30 p m A Wednesday service at 7 30 p m features The Rev N L Russell minister.
First Sunday after Trinity features Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Church school and adult study class at 9:30. Morning prayer and sermon at 10:30 led by Rev. Sydney J. Browne. Holy Baptism at 11:45 and Executive Committee meeting at 11:45.
The church lists Sunday masses at 8 9 and 10 a.m with Benediction after the 10 a.m mass Confession is Saturday 4 to 5 30 p m and 7 30 p m Rev Fr James McMahon is the pastor.
Sunday school at 2 p.m. and preaching at 3 and 7 30 p.m. led by Rev. L A Rob Shane. Tuesday prayer band at 2 p.m. with Spertine Farley. Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30 p.m.
Worship at 9 30 a m water Baptism led by Rev A R Ervin pastor. Classes 1 and 2 in annex 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 30 a m YPM 6 30 p m Evangelistic service 7 30 p m Wednesday Prayer meeting scheduled.
The American Sunday School Union lists start times for classes at several churches including Homer, Diamond, Frost, McLeish, Mound Hill, Mt. Carmel, Orbiston, Sugar Creek and Fairview with teachers such as Homer Troyer, Mrs. Lowell Tucker, C. D. Arnold, Clarence Rutter, Mrs. Virginia Howard, Francis Hart, J. B. Carsner, Mrs. Anna Thompson and the Rev. A. N. Maxwell.
The Rev. Andrew G. Pratt passes leads a weekly schedule with Bible school at 9 30 am worship at 10 30 am youth fellowship at 7 pm evangelistic service at 8 pm Wednesday youth Bible study at 6 30 pm prayer service at 7 30 pm and adult Bible study at 8 pm Lloyd Bolin coordinates the sessions.
The South Canaan Baptist will hold Bible school at 9 30 a m led by Carl Graham followed by a prayer service at 10 30 a m led by The Rev Andrew G Pratt pastor.
A church announces a 10:30 a.m. evangelistic service with the Rev. B. H. Pugh and evening services led by the Rev. Roy E. Deeter. Each night next week includes sermons by different speakers.
Bible school at 9 30 am Communion and preaching at 10 30 am Charles Russell Rev Homer H Vian is the minister in New Marshfield church notices with service times and leadership listed.
The Shade Methodist church holds Sunday school at 1 30 p m in Clifton with Ruth leading. A Memorial Day sermon follows by the Rev Karl Cowen, minister.
Kilvert Church of God schedules Sunday school at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m with lesson Daniel Stands by His Convictions outlining faith and steadfast beliefs.
The Rev. Phyllis Le Master presides as pastor at New Marshpield. Sunday services at Mineral and Salem locations include Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship at Salem at 7 p.m. Preaching at Dowler Ridge on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Connnett preaching Wednesday at 7 30 p.m.
The local church schedules a 3 pm service in Canaan with Rev. N L Russell presiding as minister. The brief notice provides no additional events or details beyond the time and officiant.
A period tip advises motorists to fit hoses by using a slightly undersized hose on the nipples, then soaking ends in gasoline for an hour to swell them enough to slip into place. The guidance emphasizes a tight, secure fit for renewed auto hose connections.
The article notes that Columbus and South American Indians played with rubber balls about 300 years before European commercial use. It says Europeans initially valued rubber to erase pencil marks rather than for elasticity.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Beegle of Racine hosted guests in Apple Grove. Mrs Jim Carpenter visited Racine friends. Harrison Donohue funeral attended by local residents. Frank Buck and Roy Buck hosted guests from Antiquity. Norma Ann and Frankie Chapman had tonsillectomies at Parkersburg. Rev William Coyle delivered farewell sermon on Sunday evening May 23. Grange members attended church as a group.
Listing of area stations NBC WLW Cincinnati 700 ABC WCOL Columbus 1230 WSAZ Huntington 9380 CBS WEBNS Columbus 1460 WCHS Charleston 580 WPAR Parkersburg 1450 MBS WHKC Columbus 610 WMOA Marietta 1490 indicating their frequencies and call letters.
Readable listing shows daily network time slots from early morning through midnight with programs including Newscasts, musicales, dramas, and top shows. Notable items include News by Abe, Lowell Thomas repeats, The Beulah Show, The Lone Ranger, You Are There era dramas, and music and variety segments across CBS NBC ABC and regional nets.
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